November/December 2002

Dear Friends,

It's hard to believe that this is the final journal of 2002!
This year certainly flew by and we are now preparing for the year ahead, planning concerts and further promo of our new CD Once In A Red Moon.
So far it has done really well and the response has been terrific.
We thank you all so much for your support and interest throughout the making and release of this CD.

Ireland is becoming an important country and market for us, and we are currently preparing for our first mini tour there in February (See news flash).

Because of this we were invited to perform on a TV awards show in November. This was great fun to do and well received.

Fionnuala and Rolf backstage at the GAA award show	Mick O'Brien performing on Uilleann Pipes

Fionnuala warming up before the Christmas performance in the beautiful Maynooth Cathedral.	The conductor Garreth Hudson flanked by Fionnuala and Rolf

We then found ourselves back in Ireland during December performing live with the RTE Concert Orchestra. This was for a special Christmas Eve TV- show, recorded in a beautiful Church in Ireland called St Patrick's in Maynooth town. This was the first time for us to perform live with this orchestra since winning the Eurovision in 1995. It felt real good to perform with them again.

Of the entire year December was perhaps the most important month to us, as we went back to our old haunt in Kristiansand Norway and got stuck into recording some new demos. Prior to this Rolf had not composed since releasing Once In A Red Moon. We both needed some space away from studio with time to recharge the creative batteries.

It was good to get back though and to work with Alf Emil Eik again, and to rekindle the passion and drive for recording. We hope to record again in Feb and slowly build up enough demos for our next CD.

Alf Emil Eik, our sound engineer in Cross studio in Kristiansand.	Rolf working on new music in Kristiansand	Fionnuala testing violinparts for new demos

The Chinese Er-hu artist Ding Fei Fei and Fionnuala

The beginning of the New Year will find us back in Ireland again promoting the concerts and recording also in Windmill with the wonderful Chinese Er-hu player Ding Fei Fei, whom we met and performed with during our last visit to Hong Kong in March. More about this in the next journal!

Meanwhile we would like to wish each and every one of you a peaceful and happy New Year, and may it bring all you wish for.

Thank you so much for all your support in us.

With love
Fionnuala and Rolf